Built for Christian Salvesen's by Oskarshamns Varv A/B she was delivered in 1963. Of 10,510 tons dwt she was powered by a 9 cylinder Gotaverken engine developing 5,600 bhp
For a time in the 1960's Salvesen operated a liner service from Europe to North America utilising these ships but they spent most of their time chartered out to liner companies

Sold in 1972 she had various names before being delivered to breakers at Shanghai on 5 April 1985.